Luke 20 (EKA) · Opened

1Efung abehng eji Jisos jo tib ane go etahk Esowo, fere jo tiingi bo nnoobo etib, owo atubesi abalimajom, a atꞌtibi ba atahm, a anebkul nfam kehm lohngo ba,One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.

2ba bahb-e re, “Tong-r, nsahm anyi a kpi no, nyi wahnge a kpo lim nsol ana nyia? Nne awo ka-a ka nsahm nyꞌnehm a?”“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

3Owo á kehm faange bo re, “Me fvfo, m bahk-n tob bahb mbahbe. Tong-m wahn,“I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:

4anv, ewohngalahb ji Jon lohng go ejahbetul Esowoa, afi lohng goji ane?”John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”

5Bo kehm kehme eltoobo atemtem re, “E lꞌtong re, ‘Lohng go ejahbetul Esowo,’ á bahke bungu re, ‘Jen ji wahnge ń ki taame tv Jon?’They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

6E lꞌfere tong re, ‘Lohng goji ane,’ ane kpee bahk-r atal tuubu.” Tibre bo jo sahb kꞌkahn re, Jon jolo nnyehnamahr Esowo.But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

7Owo wahnge bo kehm faange re, bo nehme kahn edi ji lohng no ba.So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

8Jisos kehm tob tong bo re, “Ano wo fvfo n lꞌki-n tob tong nsahm nyi n kpi no, nyi wahnge n kpo lim nsol nyia.”And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

9Jisos kehm tubu elgan nia tong ane re, “Nne awohng jolo go, no bahme avain go ege etahngga, fere rod yaame ane, kehm tahme eje song rehng go ejahbe jehko, kang go ekidi lꞌlab.Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.

10Ngare biingi kan a me, á kehm tumu nlokeltum ewe tv ane ba á yaame bo etahngga eje re bo song bong akab nti nyandiki go etahngga ba ka-e. Abayaame etahngga bao fere dv-e na, kam-e, á feere abo abo.At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

11“Owo á kehm kpe tum nlokeltum noko. Ye fvfo, bo tob dv-e ano, fere son-e, kam-e, á feere abo abo.So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

12Á kehm kpe bulu, kpe tum noko. Noa ana, bo bom-e elok, fere kam-e yake go.Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.

13“Owo nfono etahngga noo kehm bungu re, ‘Anv, m bahke limi renan abee? M bahke gohro tum akor-m mmon ewame. Fundiki á bahke bo lub.’‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

14“Eji abayaame etahngga bao nyehn-e no, bo kehm kehme elbungu atemtem re, ‘Ye wo li nlehkelkv, nong, wahr wulen ye, eji etahngga jia lꞌfere jol jꞌjahre.’But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

15Owo bo kehm-e yehke go etahngga jio, song wul-e. “Anv, jen ji nfono etahngga noo bahke bo lim?So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

16Á bahke bake ba wul abayaame etahngga bao, fere faake etahngga jio ka ane bandiki.” Eji ane bao wuku ano, bo kehm bungu re, “Esowo kꞌtaame!”He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”

17Owo Jisos kehm seenge bo too, kehm bungu re, “Anv, edi nwer Esowo jia lohngo renan, ji bungu re, “ ‘Eltal ni asehketahk tene no, ni ni ma fere jol nnahb ekahme?’But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

18Nne awohng awohng no lꞌgbo go eltal nio, á bahke banne. Eltal nio lꞌfere gbo na, nyede nne, bahk-e wade na wade.”Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

19Atꞌtibi ba atahm, a atubesi abalimajom gare re bo bob Jisos ngare nyꞌnehm ona. Tibre bo jo kahne re, á tubu elgan nio bada bo. Fvfo, bo jo fꞌfahl ane.When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

20Owo bo kehm-e kehme elbaabe, fere tum ane ba bo ka bo ngu, bo song kehme awak lim, are bo atingitingi ane ba, eji bo lꞌbob-e go ege alum nnyo, fere yak-e kak ntubesi ejahbe go ebo, eji á lꞌlam-e.So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

21Bo kehm-e bahbe re, “Ntꞌtibi, e kpꞌkahne re, wo kpo bung, fere tib go nseenga nseenge. Wo kpehme rang nnene. A kpo lohko tib mbang nyi Esowo go etingitingi.“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

22Anv, atahm enyahre tꞌtaame ka-r re wahr jo tahb etak ka ntul a Roma, afi taamem?”Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

23Jisos kꞌkahn awak ebo. Owo á kehm tongo bo re,But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

24bo tib-e nsiring, kehm fere bahb bo re, “Anv, esi jia ji nyehne ji? Mbing nyia nyi nyehne nyi?” Bo kehm-e faange re, “Nyi ntul a Rom nyi.”“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

25Á kehm tongo bo re, “Kaan ntul a Rom ji li ka-e, wahn ka Esowo ji li ka Esowo.”So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

26Bo we maam tiki bob go ellum anehng anehng go esamahr ane. Owo bo kehm belle, tib eji nfaange enye jo kpo bo esi.And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

27Egom Sadusi jindiki kehm lohngo ba goji Jisos. Bo ba li ane ba kpo bung re, “Elnyahme go elkv limm.”Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.

28Bo kehm-e tongo re, “Ntꞌtibi, Moses nyono ntahm ka-r re, ‘Nne lꞌkpo, nkal ewe sa, eji á ki jel mmon awohng awohng, mmonannyehn nkvne bahke koko nnenkal noo, jel abon ka mmonannyehn no ma kpo.’“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

29“Jolo abonanyehn na asehma. Ngbokambang kehm koko nkal. Mmon awohng awohng á jelem, á kpo.Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.

30Etoono kehm tob ko nnenkal nonehm o, kehm kpoko.Then the second

31Noko gona kehm kpe ko nnenkal nonehm o. Ano wo jolo a ane asehma bao kpee. Mmon awohng awohng bo jelem, kehm kpoko.and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

32Esꞌkohro, nnenkal noo gohro kpo.And last of all, the woman died.

33Go efung bi ane lꞌnyahme go elkv, á bahke jolo nkal a nyehne? Tibre bo ane asehma kpee ko-e ana nkal abo.”So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

34Owo Jisos kehm faange bo re, “Ane ba li eying jia ji anv kpo ko akal, anebkal bal alum.Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

35Ane ba fuumu re bo nyahme go elkv, fere jol go eying ji kpꞌbake nehm kpe jo ko akal, anebkal nehm kpe jo bal alum.But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

36Bo nehm kpe jo kpo, tibre bobjol ana babenjel. Eji bo ma nyahme go elkv, bobfere jol abon ba Esowo.In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

37Elnyahme go elkv nia. Jol Moses tib-r tib, eji á nyono bade eti jio ji jo lul. Owo á lungu Jehova re, ‘Esowo bio bi Ebraham, a bi Aisik, a bi Jekob.’Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

38Á limm Esowo bi akvne, á li Esowo bi ane ba li go elkpin. Tibre bo kpꞌkpini ka ye.”He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

39Atꞌtibi ba atahm bandiki kehm faange re, “Ntꞌtibi, a bungu go nseenge.”Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

40Bo kpeem sahb bahb Jisos mbahbe anyehng anyehng.And they did not dare to question Him any further.

41Jisos kehm tongo bo re, “Anv, jen ji wahnge bo kpo bung re, Mesaya mmon a Devid wo?Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?

42Tibre yefono Devid bungu go nwer a Saams re, “ ‘Jehova tongo ntul ewame re, Ji go egame ejang eboblum,For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

43tete me n lim anebekv eba etikunakpade eja.’until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’

44Eji Devid lung-e re, ‘Ntul ewame’, anv, á kehm jolo mmon ewe renan?”Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”

45Jisos kehm tongo abatꞌtoono ebe go esamahr ane kpee re,In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,

46“Jo gberen atꞌtibi ba atahm, ba kpo kor bo re bo jo kak akpawobo yannge. Kpo kor bo re, ane jo gong, kak bo nnyo go are. Go ekpꞌkpa ero, afi jolo go nkak, kpo kor bo re bo jo ji adi nji nya ajꞌjok ane kpo ji.“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

47Bo kpo taare akalebun ntahk ebo, fere jo kak alaabe aro go nnyo a nnyo. Elam ji bo bahke gbale sehng.”They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

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